vérité

Definitions of vérité
  1. noun
    an enduring or necessary ethical or religious or aesthetic truth
  2. noun
    conformity to reality or actuality
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    antonyms:
    fausseté
    the state of being false or untrue
    type of:
    réalité
    the state of actually existing objectively
  3. noun
    a true statement
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    antonyms:
    mensonge
    a false statement
    types:
    truisme
    an obvious truth
    banalité, platitude
    a trite or obvious remark
    type of:
    déclaration
    a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc
  4. noun
    a fact that has been verified
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    type of:
    donnée, fait
    a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred
  5. noun
    conformity to fact or truth
    synonyms: justesse
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    antonyms:
    inexactitude
    the quality of not conforming to fact or truth
    type of:
    caractéristique, propriété
    an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone
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